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University Hill

Established between 1885 and 1950, the University Hill neighborhood is listed as a Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places and is protected as an architectural conservation district by the City of Columbia. Bounded by Sumter Street, Gervais Street, Laurens Street, and Blossom Street, University Hill features homes with a mix of architectural styles and designs from prominent regional and local architects.

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1830 Senate Street

1830 Senate Street

Robert Moorman House

This circa-1901 Queen Anne style house belonged to Robert Moorman, a Columbia attorney and magistrate. This style, known for its steep pitched roofs, front facing gable, differing wall textures, asymmetrical, decorative mass-produced ornamentation, and occasional towers or turrets, exhibits the excesses of the Victorian Age and was an extremely popular style in the early twentieth century. This house remained the Moorman family's residence until they moved to Laurens Street in 1912.

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